"...and Derbyshire, about 17,20. This same Samuel was also the great grandfather of Cecil J. Rhodes, who died last week. About 1770 he determined to become a landowner as well as a farmer, and "purchased ... by the Wake Arms with umbrellas shut, and though the clouds still hang overhead, we are no longer in the rain. Ralph Rambleton. THE HOXTON ANCESTRY OF MR. CECILRHODES. On the massive red and grey tomb ... belonging to the Rhodes family, erected by Mr. CecilRhodes in old St. Pancras churchyard, on the south side of the church, is the following inscription, among some twenty others:- " Samuel, of Hoxton, son ... James kept the farm in 1834. Samuel's youngest brother William, the grandfather of Mr. ..."

"...bigger man himself than all his assailants put Taul Krugerg exclamation on receipt of the ofthe death1 of CecilRhodes was The ex pression of joyr howeyerz by means of Scripjture texts is But then so ... up some thing It is natural that the people of Cas should be indignant at the respite granted to Charles Wood who killed Sheriff But we are persuaded that no mobbing will for the law is fully competent ... responsibility in the Presidential But it is not believed that they need worry and the bribed are sure to han such signs of wrongdoing1 that The Tribune on hearing Of the death of Cecil expressed the opinion
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"...was little affected by the death of CecilRhodes. Americans were quiet but cheerful. Money remains scarce, thus discouraging speculation but the large government disbursements at the end of this week promise ... of the new loan at a much lowpr rate than the previous loans. Seventeenth Infantry from Eiamla Arrives San TBAKSPOB-'i KIWPATEiCS UST Sirs. Pope Dies on the Was Bringing Body of Husband Home for Burial. BOTH ... The vessel that sunk the fisherman was the Norwegian steamship Romsdal, from New York for Philadelphia In ballast, which rescued the surviving members of the crew and brought ihfem- to this city. To whom ... of Lieutenant Colonel B. F. Pope, died. Mrs. Pope was bringing the remains of her husband home. The other deaths were thdse Of V. Thompson, corpo- ral of infantryT..."

"...THE NEW YORK 'TIMES, FRIDAY, APBIL 4, 1902. 3 CECILRHODES'S, FUNERAL Imposing Ceremony at Cape Town Yesterday Afternoon. Mr All Business Huge Crowd in Front of the Cathedra! The I Body Now on Its ... Way 1 to Rhodesia. CAPE TOWN -April 3 -Throughout this morning a continuous stream people parsed" by the coffin containing the bod> ot the Right Hon Cecil-Rhodes, as It rested in Parliament House ... of CecilRhodes and representatives ot Lord Milnei. High and Sir rltei (Governor and Commander ji Chief of the Cape of Good-Hope _Then came the fudges, mih- tarj ami naCal officials, representatives ... The funeral procession this afternoon was most imposing- The coffin, draped the union lack -which belonged to Rhodes, and the flag- of the..."

".... rules for thw Winnipeg ping-pong1 tournament have been lixcd. Some lijjht has been thrown on the C'n'.rk myyiery at 13ranttord. South African slot-Its have stood the strain of CecilRhodes' death ... of CecilRhodes after years of obloquy and denunciation as a mil' -Mialre intriguer, responsible' for the J...neson raid and Great Bri- tain s enormous toll of death and tax- ation by. the Boer campaign ... . The remains of the late CecilRhodes P.TL- viewed by persons. The steamer Pretoria, of the Quebec line, is tm fire near New York. Jas- M. Ciirmichuel, a leading ship- builder of Nova Scotia, is dead, persons ... ;office, but" havu out of the newspapers. of discipline-can hardly observation when,..."

"...by the death of CecilRhodes.. which should go through the old Chan- Americans were--.quiet but cheerful. nels. the. new system ,is doing gooa Money remains discouraging work, and at present they are full ... unusually buoy- ant for the holiday season. The death of Mr. Rhodes has caused no stress in the mining section, since interests with which he was identified have been amply protected and. the expected .was
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About Cecil John Rhodes

Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) was father of the De Beers Consolidated Mining Company and the British South Africa Company, as well as a major architect of British policy in southern Africa, founder of a university at Salisbury, Rhodesia, and a benefactor to Oxford University.

Information on the ancestors of Cecil John Rhodes has been gleaned from trees on Ancestry.co.uk researched by G A Hood Muswell Hill N10 London, London, England

Dale Popp Johnsburg, Illinois, USA

It would be good to verify this tree as Cecil John Rhodes was a figure of historical interest. CJB